As the sun set on a dirt field at the edge of the Revava settlement in Samaria
on Sunday, thousands of right-wing activists counted down the remaining seconds
of the freeze that temporarily put a halt to the construction of 2,066 Jewish
housing units across the West Bank.

“Three, two, one, the moratorium has
ended on the 18th of Tishrei,” MK Danny Danon (Likud) yelled out as he stood on
a large outdoor stage that had been set up for the event.